| 1:1 |
Now the word of theJehovah Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai saying |
| 1:3 |
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of theJehovah; Lord and he went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof and went down into it to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LordJehovah |
| 1:4 |
But theJehovah Lord sent out a great wind intoupon the sea and there was a mighty tempest inon the sea so that the ship was like to be broken |
| 1:5 |
Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it ofunto them But Jonah was gone down into the sidesinnermost parts of the ship; and he lay and was fast asleep |
| 1:8 |
Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us; Whatwhat is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy country and of what people art thou |
| 1:9 |
And he said unto them I am ana Hebrew; and I fear theJehovah Lord the God of heaven whichwho hath made the sea and the dry land |
| 1:10 |
Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him WhyWhat hastis this that thou hast done this For the men knew that he fledwas fleeing from the presence of theJehovah Lord because he had told them |
| 1:11 |
Then said they unto him What shall we do unto thee that the sea may be calm unto us for the sea wroughtgrew more and wasmore tempestuous |
| 1:13 |
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bringget itthem back to the land; but they could not: for the sea wroughtgrew more and wasmore tempestuous against them |
| 1:14 |
Wherefore they cried unto theJehovah Lord and said We beseech thee O LordJehovah we beseech thee let us not perish for this mans life and lay not upon us innocent blood:; for thou O LordJehovah hast done as it pleased thee |
| 1:15 |
So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea:; and the sea ceased from herits raging |
| 1:16 |
Then the men feared theJehovah Lord exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto theJehovah Lord and made vows |
| 1:17 |
NowAnd theJehovah Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; Andand Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights |
| 2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed unto theJehovah Lord his God out of the fishs belly |
| 2:2 |
And he said I criedcalled by reason of mine affliction unto theJehovah LordAnd and he heardanswered me; outOut of the belly of hellSheol cried I andAnd thou heardest my voice |
| 2:3 |
For thou hadstdidst cast me into the deepdepth in the midstheart of the seas; andAnd the floodsflood compassedwas meround about: allme; All thy billowswaves and thy wavesbillows passed over me |
| 2:4 |
ThenAnd I said I am cast out offrom thybefore sightthine eyes; yetYet I will look again toward thy holy temple |
| 2:5 |
The waters compassed me about even to the soul:; theThe depthdeep closedwas me round about theme; The weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 2:6 |
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; theThe earth with herits bars wasclosed aboutupon me for ever: yetYet hast thou brought up my life from corruptionthe pit O LordJehovah my God |
| 2:7 |
When my soul fainted within me I remembered theJehovah; Lord:And and my prayer came in unto thee into thinethy holy temple |
| 2:8 |
They that observeregard lying vanities forsakeForsake their own mercy |
| 2:9 |
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that thatwhich I have vowed Salvation is of the LordJehovah |
| 2:10 |
And theJehovah Lord spake unto the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land |
| 3:1 |
And the word of theJehovah Lord came unto Jonah the second time saying |
| 3:3 |
So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh according to the word of theJehovah Lord Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days journey |
| 3:5 |
SoAnd the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least of them |
| 3:6 |
ForAnd wordthe cametidings untoreached the king of Nineveh and he arose from his throne and he laid his robe from him and covered him with sackcloth and sat in ashes |
| 3:7 |
And he causedmade itproclamation to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles saying Let neither man nor beast herd nor flock taste anyanything; thing: let them not feed nor drink water:; |
| 3:8 |
Butbut let manthem and beast be covered with sackcloth both man and beast and let them cry mightily unto God: yea let them turn every one from his evil way and from the violence that is in theirhis hands |
| 3:9 |
Who canknoweth tellwhether if God will not turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not |
| 3:10 |
And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil thatwhich he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not |
| 4:1 |
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly and he was veryangry angry |
| 4:2 |
And he prayed unto theJehovah Lord and said I pray thee O LordJehovah was not this my saying when I was yet in my country Therefore I fledhasted beforeto flee unto Tarshish:; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful slow to anger and ofabundant greatin kindnesslovingkindness and repentest thee of the evil |
| 4:3 |
Therefore now O LordJehovah take I beseech thee my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:4 |
ThenAnd Jehovah said the Lord Doest thou well to be angry |
| 4:5 |
SoThen Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shadowshade till he might see what would become of the city |
| 4:6 |
And theJehovah Lord God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah that it might be a shadowshade over his head to deliver him from his griefevil case So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd |
| 4:8 |
And it came to pass when the sun didarose arise that God prepared a vehementsultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted and wishedrequested infor himself tothat he might die and said It is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:10 |
ThenAnd Jehovah said the Lord Thou hast had pityregard onfor the gourd for the which thou hast not labouredlabored neither madest it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night: |
| 4:11 |
Andand should not I sparehave regard for Nineveh that great city wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle |